The delimiter method in the Field Extractor should be used when fields in events are separated consistently by a specific character (such as a comma, tab, or pipe). This method simplifies extraction without requiring complex regular expressions.
[Reference:, Splunk Power User Study Guide, Field Extraction Section, Splunk Docs: Using the Field Extractor, "Use the delimiter extraction method when your data fields are consistently separated by a specific delimiter character.", , , , , ]
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